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Jandi Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

A sentence

Hello, teachers!

Would you please help me with this sentence?

- (The) Relativity Theory was popularized/vulgarized by these authors.
1. Do we need 'the' or not in front of 'Relativity Theory'?
2. Popularized or Vulgarized. Are these verbs appropriate or are there any other natural expressions?

Thank you very much.
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The proper term is "The theory of relativity". Less formally, and referring more generally to the theory and all its offshoots and consequences, it can be "relativity theory" (no "the"). Of your other choices, only "popularized" seems logical if you mean that the authors in question made such matters more accessible to the public.

— CalifJim

  • The proper term is "The theory of relativity".
  • Less formally, and referring more generally to the theory and all its offshoots and consequences, it can be "relativity theory" (no "the").
  • Of your other choices, only "popularized" seems logical if you mean that the authors in question made such matters more accessible to the public.
  • You can use "vulgarized", but then you'll be saying that the authors debased or cheapened the theory in some way.
  • "popularize" is sometimes given in dictionaries as a synonym for "vulgarize", but the ordinary person in the street would not understand it that way.
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The proper term is "The theory of relativity". Less formally, and referring more generally to the theory and all its offshoots and consequences, it can be "relativity theory" (no "the").
Of your other choices, only "popularized" seems logical if you mean that the authors in question made such matters more accessible to the public.
You can use "vulgarized", but then you'll be saying tha
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